When Caesar’s strength looks set to propel him to the throne, those close to him act to prevent a dictatorship. The brutal assassination of one man unleashes a tide of violence that will drag thousands into a bloody civil war.

A masterpiece of political powerplay, Julius Caesar examines the conflict between one man’s ambition and the good of the state.

Julius Caesar is directed by Lucy Bailey in her Royal Shakespeare Company debut. The director has made her name at Shakespeare’s Globe with radical versions of Coriolanus and Timon Of Athens.

Julius Caesar runs as part of the RSC’s London season at the Roundhouse, in repertoire with seven other plays.